20 effects of Internet on education
- 93% of people in our survey said internet is now their primary source of information.
- As opposed to going to the library, now you can just “Google” what you need to know
- Also in our survey, 46% of people surveyed said the use the internet for all their homework, and 42% said they use it for some homework and projects.
- The internet has always not just changed the way we research but also the way we learn, 50% of the people we surveyed said yes, they have taken an online class.
- Will this get to point where students no longer need a teacher?
- But without teachers will students cheat?
- Cheating has become a major issue in our generation.
- In a survey , 52% of students admitted to web based cheating.
- So over have of the students surveyed cheat, or have cheated.
- Schools have taken precatuions to prevent cheating, in a school in florida students are not allowed to chew gum so if they are talking during a test they can be easily reconginized.
- They are allowed scratch paper but it is stamped and must be turned in at the end of the testing period.
- Even with these methods, other colleges even require students to complete online tutorials on cheating and plagiarism.
- But students still find ways to gety aroubnd the rules and cheat .
- For example a student at the University of Florida, had sleeves of tattoos and tried to blend the answers in with his tattoos,.
- Why are such extensive efforts put into cheating.
- Many teachers use Turnitin.com , because it detects plagiarism
- But students still try to outsmart it , by putting certain marks over letters and things like that.